Margareta Teodorescu Explained

Country:Romania
Birth Date:13 April 1932
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Death Place:Bucharest, Romania
Woman Grandmaster (1985)
Peakrating:2180 (January 1975)

Margareta Teodorescu (13 April 1932 – 22 January 2013)[1] was a Romanian chess player who was awarded the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in 1985.

Born in Bucharest, she won the Romanian Women's Championship in 1959, 1968, 1969 and 1974.[2] Teodorescu played for Romania in the Women's Chess Olympiads of 1957, 1963 and 1974, winning the team silver medals in both 1957 and 1974.[3]

She came in 15th in the Women's Candidates Tournament (Sukhumi, 1964).[4]

Her highest ranking in the FIDE Top Women list appears to be 35–37 in the July 1972 list (Elo 2165).[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obituary - Margareta Teodorescu . 2013-01-26. FIDE.
  2. Web site: Romanian Chess Championships. Romanian Chess Federation. 2009-06-26. ro. 2018-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180317041642/http://www.frsah.ro/prezentare.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads: Teodorescu, Margareta. Bartelski. Wojciech. OlimpBase. 2009-06-26.
  4. Web site: World Chess Championship (Women) 1964 Candidates Tournament. Weeks. Mark. Mark-Weeks.com. 2009-06-26.
  5. Web site: FIDE Rating List :: July 1972. 2013-01-24.